Ford 289 V8 used by Studebaker

[Lou Van Anne]

We finally have proof, in print, that the Studebaker 289 V8 was, as we have all heard before, really a Ford engine!

(Don't know from where this came....just found it in an old box of Studebaker material that I haven't opened in years).

[StudeRich]

Well the Chapter is Titled "Studebaker", so they MUST have known what they were talking about!

[8E45E]

Looks like it was a book or magazine on Chevrolet engines, and the writer only possesses knowledge of them and nothing else.

Craig

[SN-60]

Looks like it was a book or magazine on Chevrolet engines, and the writer only possesses knowledge of them and nothing else.

Craig

I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume THAT writer even possesses knowledge of Chevrolet engines!!

[63 R2 Hawk]

The article must be from the mid 2000s since it says the Avanti is "still in production". Apparently the last few Avantis made before the corporation went under were using Ford motors & chassis?

[billslark]

I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume THAT writer even possesses knowledge of Chevrolet engines!!

I agree with Craig, probably some loser from chevy power magazine...............


Bill

[dean pearson]

Damm,
I just knew it.

All bs side, if you put two plain jane engines from the same year in equal weight cars who would win?

Would it be different 1/4 mile verses 1 mile?

Just an uneducated guess but I would guess furd 1/4 mile and Studebaker 1 mile.

Am I over simplifying it?

Dean.

[ddub]

I don't understand why Studebaker had to drop the Ford 289 after '64. Did Ford go out of business?

[Jessie J.]

Damm,
I just knew it.

All bs side, if you put two plain jane engines from the same year in equal weight cars who would win?

Would it be different 1/4 mile verses 1 mile?

Just an uneducated guess but I would guess furd 1/4 mile and Studebaker 1 mile.

Am I over simplifying it?

Dean.

It would depend upon whom it was that did the tuning, and whom it was doing the driving. ...as Ted Harbit has demonstrated thousands of times.

[8E45E]

I don't understand why Studebaker had to drop the Ford 289 after '64. Did Ford go out of business?

Nope! Rootes Group stole the excess 289's to use in the Sunbeam Tiger, and there were none left over for Studebaker

Craig

[GinettaG12P]

So, do you suppose the Packard 352 was actually a Ford FE engine?

[StudeNewby]

So, do you suppose the Packard 352 was actually a Ford FE engine?

The truth can now be told.

[Dan White]

NO the Ford FE was actually made by Packard for Ford under contract. I am shocked you did know know this. They were used in the Edsel prototypes on the Ford proving grounds in 1956.

[raprice]

It just goes to show how much misinformation is flying around. I've heard some stuff at car shows that sounded just as ridiculous. So, it's incumbent upon us to keep bringing our Studes out in public just in case some "genius" makes a rash misstatment about our favorite make of cars. We need to set the record straight.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Rog

[wlfrench]

When asked "what engine does it have?" I always say "a STUDEBAKER 289."